Unless someoene gave me the wrong answers today, they could not find any approved apllication filed in the Crest for La Vita demolition as of this date. They person I spoke with told me she would check with Kevin Yecco, but she thought the town still has the property offically designated "for sale" but wasn't entirely sure. George

I live very near the place. They have prepared the place for demolition. The men on site, part of the demolition crew, said that it will be knocked down soon. A neighbor and I received mailed, formal notification today, soo... I wonder what will happen to the sign?

Crestguy, Someone from the Crest e-mailed me the same information earlier that you've received in the mail today. Looks like the end is near for La Vita. My other lives at Ocean Place and she told me the same thing a few minutes ago. Sad. George

I'm curious re demolition - was this granted under the old zoning laws, where someone went and received such a permit before the changes? If so, when would it have expired? (I *thought* it could only last for so long, even with renewals). Or was a new/recent demolition permit granted here?

Even though the property has sat vacant for years, this is a big blow to the mini motel strip in the deep Crest. What a shame someone didn't purchase it to run as a motel. My friends we still face the real danger of losing more motels and we don't have that many more to give

I hope the demolition craze has run it's course and become a thing of the past in the Crest. Maybe the buildings that will be sold will be kept as motels or turned into condo-motels instead of being torn down. It might be wishful thinking but I don't see banks willing to finance developers attempting to secure funds to build more condos or townhomes. We can only hope, right? George

I agree with Greg. We've discussed some of that stuff off the forum, and this sort of brings it home. In some ways, it's a little hard for me to believe someone would waste that cool looking building (at least before renovations began) after the demolition years, but it some ways it doesn't surprise me one bit.

If they haven't already begun tearing La Vita down, it is scheduled for demolition between May 16-20, 2012. In the Crest demolition is only permitted between the day AFTER Labor Day up until the Thursday BEFORE Memorial Day, unless the building in question poses a threat to public health and safety as outlined in 22-5 Code of the Borough of Wildwood Crest. George

I hope the demolition craze has run it's course and become a thing of the past in the Crest. Maybe the buildings that will be sold will be kept as motels or turned into condo-motels instead of being torn down. It might be wishful thinking but I don't see banks willing to finance developers attempting to secure funds to build more condos or townhomes. We can only hope, right? George

One can only hope.. Due to the mold issue, it way very well indeed be rebuilt from ground up... Sometimes its cheaper razing the building then trying to stop mold.